Cinemaah

Tryst With Beauty: With Angwal Lalit Mohan Joshi has hit the documentary jackpot–a single film that is personal, poetic, social, political, historical, anthropological, and shot at a location that is so …

Fright Nights: When it comes to horror shows on Indian OTT platforms, restraint is not a word that would normally apply, but Adhura (on Amazon Prime) written and directed by …

Scottish Highs: Any film that uses Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries as a source of inspiration starts out at a disadvantage. There is an overfamiliarity with those kinds of plots, to …

Chef’s Kitchen: Today chefs have become celebrities and social media is full of ‘reels’ by people demonstrating culinary skills; recipes can be accessed at the touch of a computer or …

Secrets & Sex: Unbridled lust is the cause of so much trouble in the world, that a series of short films about the subject also need to capture the joy …

Damp Squib: There are bad films and there are boring films and then there’s a Tiku Weds Sheru (on Amazon Prime), the kind that leads to a rise in the sale …

All Fall Down: The movie industry is notorious for exploiting the vulnerable, and complaints have been usually buried, till the #MeToo movement blew the lid on the best-kept secret of …

Game Of Epics: When Ramanand Sagar’s series Ramayan was telecast on Doordarshan, the streets used to empty out; official functions and wedding rituals rescheduled.  The devout used to perform aarti in front …

Crazy Rich Indians: A teacher tells his schoolroom of brats, “You are not special, you are privileged.” And goes on to warn them about how real life will slap them …

Desert Storms: For Indian viewers Kandahar would evoke memories of the terrible airplane hijack episode in which passengers were held hostage for a week to get terrorists released. For an …